| Community meeting : a study of its effects in relation to form, process and content | |
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(Uncorrected OCR) ABSTRACT of thesis entitled "Community Meeting, an Analysis of its Effects in Relation to Form, Process and Content" submitted by Dr. Ng Man Lun for the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong in September 1990. In a combined in- and day-patient psychiatric unit attached to a general hospital in Hong Kong, three types of community meetings, the non-directive, nurse- directed and doctor-directed were held consecutively. Each type of meeting was held for ten weeks. The pattern of communication, contents and process of these meetings, and their effects on patient outcome, ward atmosphere and ward incidents were compared with one another and with a ten week period of no community meeting. Compared with no meetings, all three types were found to be equally associated with a decrease of ward incidents. The nurse directed type was associated with a general decrease in all types of incidents, but the non-directive type was associated with a greater decrease in aggressive incidents while the doctor-directed type with a greater decrease in negativistic ones. No significant differences were found between the types on discharge rate, patient outcome and ward atmosphere. Members' verbal initiation in the three types of meetings showed no significant differences, but the patients participated more in the non-directive meetings and for proportionately longer time in personal topics than in non-personal topics. Disclosure was the type of significant event most frequently mentioned by the patients in all types of meetings. Patients enumerated the greatest number of significant events in the dpctor- directed type. Patients' opinions and perceptions on the benefits and process of the three types of meetings showed no significant differences, although the doctors generally felt the non-directive meetings were better with respecj to i permissiveness of the nurses and their being beneficial to the patients. The characteristics of the patients and the meeting factors were found to interact in a complex manner in affecting the number and nature of ward incidents. Based on the statistical findings, the pattern of interactions and the direction of influence of these factors on each type of ward incidents were charted. It was concluded that although community meetings can have favorable effects on patients' behavior, their methods and techniques should be adjusted according to many ingroup and outgroup factors. The findings in this study provide some guidelines in making the adjustments, but more useful and reliable indicators could still be found with more extensive researches in this field. This study also suggests that the statistical technique of interactive modeling, with its high ability to handle and analyze complex dynamic changes and factors, might be a promising tool for future researches in psychotherapy. ii |
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Ng, Man-lun, 吳敏倫 |
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Publisher : University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong) Type : Electronic Thesis & Dissertation Format : application/pdf, ix, 183 leaves ; 30 cm. |
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1992 |
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Group psychotherapy., Group psychotherapy. |
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http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B30409007 |
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unrestricted, The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. |
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Languages : eng |
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